Improvement in hooks and terrets for harn ess-saddles



fuman STAT-Es Afr-ENT GFFICE.

, SAMUEL ToMrKiNs, or NEWARK, EWJnRsEY.

Speci'ficatiou'forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,248, dated August19,1862.,

To all whom it may concern:

making a part of this specification-,in Which-` Figure l is a side Viewof a hook constructed Fig. 8

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L This invention relates to an improvement ink the construction of thatkind of saddle hooks andterrets'which are covered 'with' leather andprovided with a .metal lining'to prevent hewearing'of the leather underthe friction of the reins and strap; j'

.The object of theiuvention isto obtain a nea'ter and more durable hookand terret than those constructedin the ordinary way, and also amoreeconomical mode of manufacture, which will -not only admit of thehooksand terrets being repaired with facility when worn. z or soiled by use,but which will also admit,

when desired, of. genuinesilv'er plate being used as a lining, 'the oldmode of 'construction being conned toGerman-silv'er'lining forthe' bestclass of work.v l10 elect these results my invention consists .inconstructing the 'metal frame or body4 of the hook and terret of twoparts, arranged in' such a manner that it will form what maybetermed aclamp/ to hold the leather covering Whichinclo'ses the outer Aorexterior part of 'theframe ouly,'w l`1i1e.th el in 'nerpart ismade toserve the purpose of a metal lining, the whole* in generalappearanceresembling the ordinary hookaud terret, but being much neaterin detailandy more durable, vfor reasons hereinafter fully set'forth.

proceed toidescribe it. I 1 A, Fig. 2,-represents the framel or'body ofa l v xhook, which is' of metaland composed of two Be itknown that I,SAMUEL E. ToMPKrNs, of Newark, lin the 'county of Essex and, State ofNew Jersey, vhave invented a new and useful ImprovementintheConstruction VofHooks 'and Terrets for liarnefss-Saddles; and I' doherebydeclare thattheiollowing isafull, clear,

' and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to theaccompanying .drawings,.

parts,l bg Theinner part, ja, hasa lat'plate or shank, c, at 'its lowere'nd,. throu gh which the yscrew B passes that secures .thejhook to'terminal or tip,v d. .The vouter" or exterior-part, "br ofthehookisallow'ed tol tsnugl tact with the part a, the upperend merabutting against a shou1d'er,je, atjtheback end o f the -tip,d, and. thelower end-*being or" aby a rivet or screw, f, 4a rivet or screw, g, alsoconnecting the'u'pper parts of a bnear the' tip d. This frame ori body`Afofithe hook may be of malleable cast-iron or-othermetal, and theyexterior .v surfaces ofy the-parts a b are rounded, while thejinnersurfaces, Whicharein contactwith each other, are' at, 'the' two partsforming .a circlejn theirtransverse secpin, 'exi v covering, which iscut'in suitablreiform and of proper dimensions" to yenconnpass 'the4.outer partfb, of themetal frame or body andati-, mit of being stitchedtogether-,at'itsf edges-'at vthe exterior of b, as shownat e in Figs'.land 5. This leather covering B is properly moist- A of the frame orvbody A,\aud clamped firmly together. (SeeFigL, 3'.) The coveringistheuclosed snugly 'over the part b and yits edges stitched together at e.The`fleather covering 'B extends the whole'length ofthe part b :of theframe or body A, as shown clearly in Fig. '1. The parta ofthe frame orbody 'A is fullyexposed,-a'nd it maybe plated' or galvanized withseen'that the rivets or screws'f-g`, which'se cure 'the two partstogether, pass through the serve to keep'the covering inproper'position, preventing it from shrinking from the .tip 'dat parti).v

'The ordinary hook shown in Fig. L is' sim.-

Q ply a solid metal frame or body,"C, having a To enable 'those skilledin A the art to fully- ,understandand construct my invention, I will thesaddle, and the.upper .part has a conical slightly beveled andsecuredfto'thelowerpart tion.: The'tw'o yparts a b,at about theireenter, may beconnected by afrivet'orxsteady- B, Figs, 1f, 3,and-5.1lrepresents-- the leather! '.ened and insertedfbetween-the twolparts a b` in position by riveting or'screwing said parts silver `forthe nner class oi" work. 'It willl be leather covering B,andtheserivetsor screws ,its upperV part and from thelower end of the"lower end for the screw to pass-through which secures the hoolr to thesaddle. .This frame orbody G is covered entirely withrleathenwith theexception of the tip h and platee', and the metal'lining j, whichprotects the inner side of the leather, D, from wear or abrasion, issimv per end of the lining j abuts against the backend of the tip h. v y

The advantages of my inode of construction over the old are as follows:

First. There is no, joint between the upper end of the lining and thetip. This joint has anunsightly appearance, and in4 case the upper endof the lining gets alittle depressed it serves to catch the checkreinand prevent it from'passin'g freely into the hook.

Second. The old lining is confined to a plate, which must be ofsuicientthickness to ad mit of being bent over the leather and hold its positionafter being bent. 'Thin silverleaf cannot be employed for the purpose,and thick strips of silver would be too expensive; hence the finesthooks and terrets 'of this class have only a German-silver or white-1netal lining. In my improvement the part a of the 'frame orbody of thehook may be plated'or galvanized with silver previous to the leatherbeing applied to ithe hook,and a much more durable lining obtained thanis necessarily used in the old hoek. y

Third. In my improvement, the part b of lthe frame or body of thehookonly being covered, less stock is required and the leather can bemore readily applied than in the old plan, and patent-leather may beused,whereas in the old mode of construction the soft pliable leathermust be employed, in order to insure a smooth covering entirely aroundthe hook.

Fourth. The leather covering in my'improvement being tlrml y clampedbetween the two parts a b of the frame orbody A, the leather isfirmlyheld Vin position and the leather can be stretched or molded over thepart b with the greatest facility.

Fifth. In my improvement the work when y -completed has a neater andmore finished appearance than the old hook. A neat joint or connectioz:isl obtained between thc leather on part b and the metal of part a, andthe labor of bur'nishing 'anfd closing or folding the lining down to theleather, which is necessary in the old mode of construction, is entirelyavoided, and in casev a new covering isrequired the part b may bereadilydetached from a. the old covering removdand a new applied. This workcannot be done` in the oldhook without detaching and destroying the thinlining and performing the whole work over again,

which wuld cost nearly as much as a newl hook. There is anotheradvantage attending my invention, and that is that the part b of theframe or body A maybe of a metal which will not oxidize or rust,andtherefore not-injure the leather.

In `my improvement thejterrets are constructedin precisely the same wayas the hooks,

and they therefore do not require aseparate description, the onlydifference being in form, the terrets being a-complte circle and thehooks a portion of a circle.'`

Having thus described my invention, what .I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters 1. Having the frame or body A ofthe hook or terretformed of two parts, wb, connected. by screws or rivets, substantiallyas set forth.

2. lThe leather covering B,.inserted betweenl the two parts a b oftheframe or body A and fitted varound the part b, with the rivets or screwspassing through it, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3; "rue combination of timeframe or body A, y

formed of two parts, a b, connected together, as' shown, with the,leather covering B, when the parts are so arranged that the inner part,a, of the frame or body will form the metal lining of the hook or terretandalso 'the tip of .the hook all in one piece without a joint,

while the part b serves as the body for the leather covering, as setforth.

sAML.` E. ToMPKrNs. l Witnesses:

J Arms LAIRD, RICHARDSON GAWLEY.

